Information & News About United States Coins
May 1st marks the second anniversary of the founding of USCoinNews.com. It has been a truly amazing experience and I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has visited or continually visits the site. When I started this site, I was not sure what to expect. In the past, I had two very successful sites (AlliOSNews.com (now owned by someone else) and AverageAppleGuy.com (owned by me but no longer updated)) that were focused …
After being introduced last month, the test for S.867 – National Women’s Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act of 2021 is now available. The bill, as expected, calls for multiple commemorative coins to be produced by the United States Mint in honor of the Hall of Fame. S.867 calls for the minting of 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 Half Dollar clad commemorative coins to be produced to honor the Hall of …
One of my favorite sayings in life is, “Embrace the horror and move on.” This applies just about anything, including humor. That’s why Today’s deal on a T-Shirt defining what it means to be a Numismatist is so great and so true. Embrace the horror my friends! The T-Shirt is simple but effective in its definition of what it really means to be a coin collector. The front of the shirt reads: Numismatist: (noun) An …
The following is a Press Release from Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) announcing that Andrew Salzberg has been hired as Executive Vice President. CCG is the parent company of Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC). The Certified Collectibles Group® (CCG®) is pleased to announce that Andrew Salzberg has been hired as Executive Vice President. In this role, he will develop exciting new programs across the CCG companies, work to further optimize CCG’s services and focus on customer experience …
If you are like me, at any given time, you have coins being shipped to you or you’ve shipped some yourself. Whether it is a coin that you’ve sent to be graded or your latest purchase from the United States Mint, keep track of the shipping company and when a package is going to arrive can be challenging at times. That’s where Parcel comes in and help you keep those shipments all in one place …
Today’s Deal is on a complete uncirculated set of the special 2009 Lincoln Cent Bicentennial set. This 8-coin set features both the Denver and Philadelphia Mint uncirculated coins with all four reverses featured that year. The set is being offered by SmyrnaCoin for $9.99 on their Amazon storefront. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links that, when clicked and a purchase is made, will generate a small commission to the site. Those commissions …
The United States Mint has released its weekly numismatic product sales report for the week ending April 25, 2021. The report covers the previous seven days in numismatic product sales by the Mint and is separate from the bullion sales report. The report shows that the Mint sold a total of 188,860 products last week, the vast majority of those on the new-for-last-week 2021 Silver Proof Set In total, the 2021 Silver Proof Set sold 172,468 sets, …
Today’s Deal is for those of you who are rounding out your United States Mint Proof Set collection. The deal is on the 2010 United States Proof Set, a 14-coin set that includes five America the Beautiful Quarter series coins as well as 4 Presidential Dollar coins. The set is priced at an exceptional $38.99, far below the $47.00 book price of the set. US Coin News is an affiliate partner with Amazon. This article contains links …
Throughout the history of coinage in the United States, a handful of coins have captured the imagination of collectors and the general public at the same time. The Morgan Dollar certainly comes to mind as does the Winged Head “Mercury” Dime. Another coin that many would add to that list is the Indian Head Nickel, commonly known as the Buffalo Nickel. Minted from 1913 to 1938, the Buffalo nickel was one of the coins that …
The United States Mint will begins sales of the William Henry Harrison Presidential silver medal next week on May 3, 2021. Sales will begin at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific and the medal is only available from the United States Mint. The 99.9% pure silver medal will be priced at $65.00 with no production, sales, or household limits in place. William Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States but is noted in …